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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l Patented November 8, 1903.

SLl'Dl-NG, RECEPTACLE` OR DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,851, dated November 3, 1903.

indication Sled December 38.1900. Serial Bc. 41.388. tlo model.)

3c it known that I, .Ions` C. Gnrrnsn, a citi zen ol' the Unit-ed States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful improvements iii-Sliding'leccptacles forLargc Books and Drawers, of which the followingr is a specification.

)ly invention is an improvement in sliding receptacles or drawers, and while the invention is particularly adapted as a support for heavy books, yet, as shown herein, it is also well adapted to ,ordinary sliding drawers.

The object of the invention is to provide means which'ivill lock the sliding receptacle or drawer when ithas been drawn ontof its casing or compartment its [ull length, so thatA means.

To this end the invention includes coacting rigid stops on the receptacle and com partnient or casing, together with a movable stopy normally arranged to engage the receptacle when arrested bythe bcorcmentioned stops to lock the receptacle against closure, and it further includes means controlled by tho position of the receptacle for shifting said movable stop to release said lock. i

The invention also includes the details of construction to be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure] is a side elevation showing the sides ofthe conipartmeut removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a 'front elevation. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the inside of the front section of the sliding receptacle. Figs. 5 and 6 are details. Fig. 7 shows a. drawer arrange ment.' Fi. Sis a back View of the slidingreceptacle A.

In the accompanying drawings but a single compartment is shown holding a single receptacle A. Near the front edge of the compartment B, at the top and' bottom thereof and near each side, rigid stops a 'b are secured. Extending longitudinally centrally ofthe top is a rib c, which provides a guide for the receptacle. At each side of the bottom of the compartment isa raised portion or rib d, upon which the receptacle slides, and to these ribs ,spring-stops c are secured. As will be noted, the shoulder g or part of each spring which forms the abutment is a little to the rear of the transverse plane ot' the rigid stops. 'From the bottom ot' the sliding receptacle rigid stops -a' depend, which are placed in aliuement withvent said stops b tilting to the rear ont of vertical position. \\`lien the stops are in vertical position, their'free ends are inv nline ment with stops b and abut the same when the receptacle is d rami out its full length. It will be seen that the coaction of stops aa' and b b' arrests the receptacle before it can be completely withdrawn from its compartment. position rests upon springs e, holding the saine depressed, the ribs being recessed to accommodate the portions g thereof. In the outward movement et' the receptacle as soon as the rear edge thereof passes over the outer ends of springs e, which occurs simultaneously with the stops a a' and b b' coming into contact, said ends will spring up and the portions g abut. the rear face of said recel tacle, so that it will be locked against inward movement. To permit the receptacle to be pushed in, the springs e must be depressed so that the receptacle may ride over the same, and this object. is obtained by the provision of two plungers guided on the rear face of the receptacle in vertical alincment with said springs.

Lateral extensions m m from the npperends of the plungers are guided in recesses in the .rearwall of the receptacle and are pressed normally upwardly by springs n, held in sock'- ets therein. These springs normallyhold the ends oi plungers 'iabove theA free ends of springs' e and the forward ends of the latter extensions m m, which are flattened, in contact with the under sdevof the compartment. To depress thesprings e e, the forward and of the receptacle 'is tilted upwardlwhich will force down extensions m 'm and there through plungers i i, the latter forcing down the springs 6. The sliding receptacle is slid rearwardly while' the parts are in this positionV The receptacle when in retractedA until the rear edge thereof passesover the free ends of said springs.

The operation of the invention will beunderstood from Fig. 1, which shows the recepv5 tacle drawn ont and held bythe vertical face g of the springcagninst retrncting movement. It will be seen that it' the forward end of the receptacle is raised'it will turnen its rear or inner edge asa pivot and throw the projection m against the upper wall of the compart ment, thus causing the plunger i to -be de pressed and forcespring e downwardly, so as to withdraw its face g from -the rear end of the receptacle. The receptacle can now be moved inwardly.

To remove the receptacle entirely from the casing, the pivoted stops are thrown down. To permit this, the side edges of the top of the compartment are recessed, as shown at o, Fig. 1.

The modification shows an ordinary slidingdrawer arrangement similar in all respects t0 the construction just described except that the'pivoted stopsare eliminated and the upper ends of the plungers i are provided with extensions which cenet with the rigid stops depending from the top of the compartment.,

The device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 is intended to be used asa support for'large books. For this purpose the base of the sliding receptacleis concaved to receive the back of the book, whilevthe sides are held together at the inner edge by yoke l, the tines of which are independently pvotcd to arm u and held in adjusted position by a thumb-nut u', the arm beingp'i voted in a bracket secured to the back of the sliding support. The yoke lin holding the book closed fits over the sides, the distance between the tines being adjusted to accommodate books of. different thicknesses, the arm uibcing thrown up when itis desired to open the book. The front of the support is made in two sections C C', hinged together at their lower ends and secured to the base, the upper ends ofthe sctions beingdetachablysecured together by means of the spri ng-pressed latchV, pivot-ed to one section C, engaging a stud on the opposite member C',`as shown in Fig. 5. The sections C C' carry supports D and D for the book, which are yieldable, so as to accommodate books of different thicknesses. Stops are provided on the ends of the base to limit the outward swing of the sections. A dowel-pin Amay be carried by one section to fit within an opening in the other to hold the two tightly together. The swinging sections C C' are each provided with studs F, adapted to engage slots in the base of the sliding receptacle, so as to hold said sections in an uptio right position when the book is closed.'

I claim as ingu-invention- 1. The combination with a compartment and a receptacle adapt-ed to slidetherein, of means for arresting' the lmovement of the re ceptacle against further outward. move-ment when it has been withdrawn its full length and means to lock the receptacle against inward movement, substantially as described.

2. The combination wit-h a compartment and a receptacle adapted to slide therein, of

.means for arresting the movementof the re- -ceptacle against further outward movement' ,when it has been withdrawn its full length,

means to lock the receptacle against inward movement, and means for releasingsaid locking means, .substantially as described.

3. The combination with a compartment and receptacle adapted to slide therein, of

' means for arrestingr the outward movement of the receptacle, means for locking the receptacle against inward movement spring to permit of the inward movementof. the receptacle comprising a vertically-movfable plunger, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a compartment, a

4 compris-A ing a spring adapted -to abut the rear-ot' said receptacle and means for depressing said' as 'l SSf reeei-vta'cleadapted to slide therein, a spring secu red to the base of the compartment having a portion designed to engage said receptacle to prevent theinward movement of the same, a plunger carried by said receptacle adapted to aline with said spring and a lat-- eral extension of the plunger adapted when said receptacle is tilted to force the plunger down to move the spring ont of locking engagement with Vthe receptacle, substantially as described.

5. In combination in :ibook-support, acompartment and a sliding sup-port comprising a base and a sectional front bar, said sections being pivoted together at their lowcrend and a detachable connection between the upper ends of said sections, substantially as described.

icon.

G. In combinationinabooksupport,acompartment and a sliding support comprising a concave'base, a sectional front. bar, a yielding book-support carried by said seetions,'a yoke hav-ing adjustable arms for engaging the as described.

book and an arm carrying said yoke pivoted In testimony whereof I ailix my signature Y in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. GAITIIER. Witnesses:

HENRY E. COOPER, C. S. MIDDLE'roN.' 

